Where does “heidutama” come from?

heidutama (Estonian) comes from Estonian -tama, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

heidutama (Estonian): to intimidate, to browbeat, to discourage, to daunt

Definitions

  1. to intimidate, to browbeat, to discourage, to daunt

Ancestry of “heidutama”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonian-tamaForms causative verbs. It can be translated as...
2Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
3Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →Every word from Estonian -tama →
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